The stags (2008), for example, portrays two scooters as two living animals, in a synthesis of nature and technology. These uncanny distortions of nature bear a visionary outlook on what the future of humanity could be with experiments on genetics, hybridisation, cloning and other scientific scenarios. 1965) works with architecture, modernism, and the emotional and social impact of built spaces, creating architectural-style models with the aid of computer skills. Her oeuvre belies a deep concern with the ways the body is represented, especially the female body in Western art, and explores this theme through a variety of media that challenge conventions of form and content. Inspired by the inkblot tests created by the 19th century psychologist and pioneer of mental health research, Hermann Rorschach, the paintings create a new visual language. Gill’s poetically critical oeuvre alters mundane objects and sites, collecting them in encyclopaedic series that, through the repetition and expansion of small gestures, generate resounding statements about a variety of issues pertaining our modern society and culture, as well as references to her life experiences and memories. The artist’s practice is rich in references to other artists, psychoanalysis and pornography, as well as politics, religion, pop culture and history. Piccinini is especially concerned with issues of bio-engineering and human reproduction, and their ethical and social implications. 1946, Santiago) emigrated to Melbourne in the 1970s, where he has established a successful artistic practice, primarily as a painter, but also creating drawings and installation. Inspired by architecture, design and nature, James Angus (b. The Rorschach series of portraits were created using a particular painting technique that creates a geometric monoprint of thick oil paint by pressing a painted canvas onto a clean one. Born in Singapore, Simryn Gill (b. The artist here is hinting at the pressure women face to modify their bodies to fit with impossible standards of beauty. These elements are transformed into sinuous, sensuous, knotted and gritty shapes, metamorphosing the robust metal into a pliable material. His oeuvre ranges from modest to large scale, and reveals an interest in materials and processes. 1975) is interested in the … In his early work, he collaged thin slices of moving images to reveal the progression of time—refracting temporal geometry, and eliciting rhythm and movement. Julie Rrap (b. Working with digital video, photography and installation, Daniel Crooks (b. Bianca Hester. Her practice discusses the impact of technology on our lives, and how contemporary ideas of nature, the natural and the artificial are changing our society. In 2012, Hall took part in dOCUMENTA(13), presenting an installation entitled Fall Prey (2012), which was later shown in her major exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2013. 1975) is interested in the notion of space and how we engage, encounter and occupy it. Crooks’s manipulation of time gives the impression of crossing its dimension and limits. Hester’s works emerge from specific conditions that involve alterations, actions, constructions, objects, collaborations and video. 1970) challenges the traditional norms of sculpture by playing with volume, scale and surface.